HMP Isle of Wight is a prison in the UK on the outskirts of Newport.

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“It would appear that whilst the Prison Service is happy for me to stare aimlessly at a television for hours, or for me to spend money on a games console that will rot my brain night after night, they are not happy for me to spend my time building Airfix models as a hobby," he said.

"So I fail to see what the problem is with me spending my own money on plastic model kits that would help me spend my time in a constructive manner and give me an end result.”

The frustrated inmate also raged that the water-based paints sourced “removes any issue of misuse of these substances.”

The British Ministry of Justice did not immediately reply to the News' request for comment.